(1989)  Includes photo(s).
 
In 'New Cultivars Selected from Seedlings of Old-fashioned Roses' by June and Brian Morley:
Selection from R. chinensis cv. 'Old Blush'
In 1979 seedlings were raised from a fruit of 'Old Blush' and resulted in the selection which was informally named 'Beauty of Glenhurst' by Trevor Nottle (1983). The vigorous and floriferous selection has a sparse bluish foliage and shrubby erect habit about 2.5 metres tall. Flowers are borne in trusses and are single, open deep magenta pink and fade paler. The selection is fertile and also strikes readily from cuttings, its erect habit and constitution making it suitable for hedging.
It was named for the garden in which it was raised at Gumeracha in South Australia. The cultivar is not dissimilar from R. cv. 'Sanguinea'.

p106 Photo 'Beauty of Glenhurst'

(1989)  Page(s) 105, Vol 8, No. 3.  Includes photo(s).
 
New Cultivars Selected from Seedlings of Old-fashioned Roses. by June and Brian Morley.
Abstract. Six cultivars of seedling rose selections are described: R. cvs. "Princesse de Parme", "Duchesse de La Tremoille", "Duchesse de Guermantes", "Madame de Villeparisis", "Marie Nordlinger" and "Beauty of Glenhurst".
Introduction. In autumn 1983 seed was collected from open pollinated garden plants of R. cvs. "William Lobb", "Henri Martin" and "De la Grifferae". After potting in compost these were left outside during the winter with germination in spring 1983 (Morley, 1988). Seedlings were pricked out into rows and given adequate watering during the summer of 1984; considerable mortality was experienced. The first flowers of seedlings were seen in spring 1984 and repeat assessments of promising selections were made in 1985, 1986 and 1987 Colour photographs of flowers of the selections were taken during these years for comparative purposes. In 1987 it had become apparent that particular selections were phenotypically stable and in the opinion of the authors worthy of description and release to interested growers.
R. cv. ‘Duchese de Guermantes’. This selection differs from "de la Grifferae" in having a shorter more shrubby habit, about 1 metre tall, yellowish-green foliage and conspicuously green to reddish mossed receptacles and sepals, the flowers borne in groups of only one or two. The semi-double flowers have petals with a silk-like quality opening mid-pink, contrasting with darker stamens, fading to a pale purple-pink, the petals eventually softly recurved. The flowers are not unlike those of R. cv. "General Kleber", but it is extremely unlikely that the seedling arose from that pollen parent; the seed parent grows close to R. cv. "Lanei", a moss. Flowering occurs in mid-season and the rose is very distinctive.
Origin of name: Duchesse de Guermantes — a leading character of Marcel Proust in "A la Recherche.." based on several close friends including Mme Straus (Bizet's widow), Comtesse Laure de Chevigne, Comtesse Greffulhe and Mme Arman de Caillavet.

p106. Photo. 'Duchesse de Guermantes'

(1989)  Page(s) No. 3, Vol. 8.  Includes photo(s).
 
p106. Photo. 'Duchesse de la Tremoille

In 'New Cultivars Selected from Seedlings old Old-fashioned Roses' by June and Brian Morley,
R.cv. 'Duchesse de la Tremoille'
This selection has a shorter, less vigorous, more slender habit than 'William Lobb' with smoother mid-green foliage. There is no moss on the flower, which opens from a claret coloured bud to a flattish bloom which is rich rose-pink, fading to purple and violet-pink, the petals not reflexing. The sepals bear glandular hairs. In some respects the selection could be considered a mossless 'William Lobb', but with flowers of more substance, and tighter packed petals which are quartered.
Origin of name: Duchesse de la Tremoille - who had a salon frequented by the prototypes of several Proustian characters, looked like the Queen in "Alice", and would not have a mirror in her house.
This is their second selection from 'William Lobb'
In autumn 1983 seed was collected from open pollinated garden plants of R. cv. 'William Lobb', 'Henri Martin' and 'De la Grifferae'. After potting in compost these were left outside during the winter with germination in the spring 1983 (Morley,1988). Seedlings were pricked out into rows and given adequate watering during the summer of 1984; considerable mortality was experienced.

(Feb 1989)  Page(s) 105. Vol 8, No. 3.  Includes photo(s).
 
New Cultivars Selected from Seedlings of Old-fashioned Roses. by June and Brian Morley.
Abstract. Six cultivars of seedling rose selections are described: R. cvs. "Princesse de Parme", "Duchesse de La Tremoille", "Duchesse de Guermantes", "Madame de Villeparisis", "Marie Nordlinger" and "Beauty of Glenhurst".
Introduction. In autumn 1983 seed was collected from open pollinated garden plants of R. cvs. "William Lobb", "Henri Martin" and "De la Grifferae". After potting in compost these were left outside during the winter with germination in spring 1983 (Morley, 1988). Seedlings were pricked out into rows and given adequate watering during the summer of 1984; considerable mortality was experienced. The first flowers of seedlings were seen in spring 1984 and repeat assessments of promising selections were made in 1985, 1986 and 1987 Colour photographs of flowers of the selections were taken during these years for comparative purposes. In 1987 it had become apparent that particular selections were phenotypically stable and in the opinion of the authors worthy of description and release to interested growers.

R. cv. ‘Madame de Villeparisis’. This selection has a height, habit and shoots like "Henri Martin", but with more bluish-green foliage, it lacks moss and the flower pedicels have only glands and prickles, the flower a more bluish cherry red and more double with a button or muddled eye; they fade through pale pink to pale violet and are about 6 cm in diameter.
Origin of name: Madame de Villeparisis — an engaging character of Marcel Proust in "A la Recherche...' based on Mme Lemaire who was, amongst other achievements, a flower painter of whom her lover, the younger Dumas, said "No one except God has created more roses"

p106. Photo ‘Madame de Villeparisis’

(1989)  Page(s) 105. Vol 8, No. 3.  Includes photo(s).
 
New Cultivars Selected from Seedlings old Old-fashioned Roses. By June and Brian Morley
1. R. cv. 'Marie Nordlinger`
This selection after four years appears to have a dwarf habit, about 70 cm tall, but shoots and foliage like "Henri Martin" except that it lacks moss; there are thorns and glands on the flower pedicel, and the leaf undersides are pubescent. The flowers are smaller than "Henri Martin", 4 to 5 cm in diameter, but are semi-double, with muddled-eye and stamens just visible. The flowers are rose pink, and fade paler pink uniformly.
Origin of name: Marie Nordlinger — an English woman and artist whose friendship with Proust corresponded to the period of the writer's interest in the works of John Ruskin.

p106 Photo. 'Marie Nordlinger`

(Feb 1989)  Page(s) 105, Vol 8, No. 3.  Includes photo(s).
 
New Cultivars Selected from Seedlings of Old-fashioned Roses. by June and Brian Morley.
Abstract. Six cultivars of seedling rose selections are described: R. cvs. "Princesse de Parme", "Duchesse de La Tremoille", "Duchesse de Guermantes", "Madame de Villeparisis", "Marie Nordlinger" and "Beauty of Glenhurst".
Introduction. In autumn 1983 seed was collected from open pollinated garden plants of R. cvs. "William Lobb", "Henri Martin" and "De la Grifferae". After potting in compost these were left outside during the winter with germination in spring 1983 (Morley, 1988). Seedlings were pricked out into rows and given adequate watering during the summer of 1984; considerable mortality was experienced. The first flowers of seedlings were seen in spring 1984 and repeat assessments of promising selections were made in 1985, 1986 and 1987 Colour photographs of flowers of the selections were taken during these years for comparative purposes. In 1987 it had become apparent that particular selections were phenotypically stable and in the opinion of the authors worthy of description and release to interested growers.

Selections from R. cv. "William Lobb`
"William Lobb" is a well known moss rose with a robust 2.5 metre arching habit and mid-green somewhat bullate leaves which was raised in 1855 by Laffay in France; the parents are unknown. The moss is copious but short and greenish-purple on the receptacle and calyx, the flower being informal with a muddled centre, the petals not densely packed, and rich crimson-purple with a parma violet reverse, fading pale violet-grey. Flowering time is usually, but not invariably, late in the season at the time of rambler rose flowering.
R. cv. "Princesse de Parme'
This selection has an erect habit with robust shoots bearing a fresh pale green foliage with the leaf undersides more mossy than "William Lobb". The flower moss is more copious than in "William Lobb" and green, the sepals being longer and often with expanded leafy appendages. The initially cupped flower opens flat and is much paler mid-pink than the red magenta of "William Lobb" in bud and on first opening. The flowers of "Princesse de Parme" have a paler pink reverse and fade to pale purple-pink, not the slate purple pf "William Lobb". Flowering time is a little earlier, the shrub at present 1.3 metres tall, the numerous long mossy flower buds having a graceful appearance and providing an attractive setting for the pale pink double corollas.
Origin of name: Princesse de Parme — an endearing character of Marcel Proust in "A la Recherche..." based on Princesse Mathilde, the niece of Napoleon.

(1993)  Page(s) 151. Vol 12, No. 3.  
 
S. Brundrett and Sons. 100 Years of Rose Growing. 
Sam Brundrett emigrated to Australia with his widowed mother, three brothers and two sisters, from Lancashire in the 1880s. Three of the brothers became involved in horticulture. Alf was for a time in charge of the gardens at Dame Nellie Melba’s Coombe Cottage at Coldstream, near Lilydale.